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Breastfeeding the Premature Baby

Jack Newman [02 February 2010] -

Some Myths About Premature Babies and Breastfeeding:

Premature babies need to be in incubators
Premature babies all need fortifiers
Premature babies cannot go to the breast until they are at 34 weeks gestation
Mothers of premature babies need to use nipple shields to get their babies latched on well and
getting milk well
Premature babies need to learn to take a bottle which teaches them how to suck

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Premies and breastfeeding Mothers too often have preventable problems with breastfeeding. Many hospital routines make it difficult for mothers and babies to breastfeed successfully. When the baby is born prematurely, mothers have even more difficulty with breastfeeding, and this is unfortunate because premature babies need breastmilk and breastfeeding even more than healthy full term babies. breastfeeding-the-premature-baby.pdf (File size: 591462KB)

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